This is your first assignment that will contribute to your grade for the semester. It is worth 20% of your overall grade. You are asked to write a working animation.
This will detail, for your first assignment:
Read the specification carefully.
Start working on the assignment early.
When you think you are ready to submit check the following:
Ensure you have all covered all the elements mentioned in the marking scheme.
Ensure specifically that your indentation is consistent.
Write comments to explain what your animation does and particularly how tricky code works and what it does.
Ensure that your name, student number and description of what your code does is written at the top of the main sketch file.
Ensure that you have named the submission (zip) file according to the prescribed naming convention.
In this assignment, you are asked to write code to produce a dynamic animation with user interaction (i.e mouse and Swing dialog box) of your choice in Processing (Java).
The aim of the assignment is for you to demonstrate your understanding of structures seen so far, so you are asked to include the following:
The usual Processing class containing the draw(), setup(), etc.
Use of selection (if) and iteration (loops).
Use of String methods (e.g. equals, length, substring, etc).
Use of processing methods e.g. mousePressed.
Use of at least one bespoke method you defined and wrote yourself e.g. eyes(), drawX().
The complexity of the entire code is important, i.e. the more complex the code, the more marks you will achieve. (see marking scheme).
There are two components to your overall mark:
Please read below regarding interviews.
Working animation i.e. inclusion of the usual Processing class containing the draw(), setup(), etc. (10 marks)
Use of String methods (10 marks).
Use of if statements (10 marks).
Use of loops (20 marks).
Use of processing methods e.g. mousePressed. (20 marks).
Use of at least one bespoke method you defined and wrote yourself e.g. eyes(), drawX(). (25 marks).
Comments, indentation, naming, structure of code, etc. (5 marks)
This is a mark out of 10 based on the complexity of the problem solved/code. So you will get more marks if the animation is more involved than one that is very simple. Please do not confuse an elegant solution of a complex problem with a simple problem.
The final mark is calculated by multiplying the two component marks and dividing by 10. This means that complexity is a multiplier so a weakness in that will negatively affect your grade.
Example:
Please note that we reserve the right to interview you on your code. You may be asked (for example) to explain:
If we need to interview you on your work, you will be given a mark out of 10 for the interview. This mark will be a multiplier of your overall grade. For example:
The submission is due Sunday 11th March, 5PM.
No late submissions will be accepted (unless mitigating circumstances, with supporting documentation, apply).
The dropbox is available in the 'Assignments' section in Moodle.
Your files should be contained in a folder named according to the rule:
You should then compress (zip) the folder that contains all the sketches used to develop your assignment; this is the file that you should submit.
You should include a readme tab in the sketch. The contents of this tab should be of the following format:
/*
Name :
Student Number:
Brief description of the animation achieved:
Known bugs/problems:
Any sources referred to during the development of the assignment (no need to reference lecture/lab materials):
*/